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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, September 5, 1957
Beauty and Talent Winners
Joanna Celebrates
Labor Day With
Contests, Barbecue
Joyce Thompson (left) was winner of the beauty contest held Thurs
day and Friday in connection with the l.aurens County Electric Fair
at l.aurens County fairgrounds. Dianne I.edford (right) won the talent
contest. Joyce is* the 17 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peden
Thompson, of Foyntaia Inn. and Dianne, age 10. is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. \\>att I.edford, of Clinton. Her act consisted of tap dancing
and piano placing.—(Photos for The ( hroniidev h\ Fred Calloway I.
Laurens Electric
Cc-Cp Directors
Are Reelected
v
Four directors whose terni£ had
expired were re-elected Friday af-
t^rnnon thy annual meeting of
the Laurens Electric Coo^hrative
The meeting was held during the
annual Electric Fair at the Laurens
Count y fair grounds, a two-day
event featuring local talent, a beau
ty contest and professional enter-
tainriient
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Directors reelected were Law
rence l Davis, of Rt 3. Clinton;
A 11 Hatchett, of Rt. 1. Roebuck:
M B. Cochran, of Rt. 2. Gray
art. and W M Gresham, of Rt.
2, Gminiile
Hold o v e r directors are H. T.
Jones, of Rt 1, Mountville. G ' F
jTaylor, of lit 3, Honea Path; S J.
Waldrep, of Rt l s Enoree, W A.
Martin, of Rt 1, Fountain Inn; and
R L .Henderson, of Rt 1 Simp-
I son) ilte ' ■
Henr\ M Fans is manager of
the cooperative, and headquarters
are in Laurens Operations of the
jcopoerative cover Laurens County
and parts of several adjoining coun
ties, including Anderson. Greenville,
i and Spartanburg
j Joyce Thompson, of Fountain Inn,
wa^ named beauty queen of the
show , and Dianne Ledford, of Clin-
i ton, was fanner of the talent con-
Itestf
AT
J. C. THOMAS
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ti A WEEK Buys
BULOVA Watches
for the Entire Family J
Inobservance of the holiday. Jo
anna Cotton Mills employees and
[their families and invited guests
| enjoyed the third annual Labor Day
i celebration at Joanna Monday-, stag
ed by the management of the mills.
The day was a paid holiday for
1 tin employees, which was given
over to contests and athletic events,
-a- baseball game, ■ and featumf by
1 aibecue d i n n er for the huge!
i row d, estimated at 4.000.
Many door prizes were given by 1
:he Joanna Stores and silver dollars
were prizes for the winners of con -1
tests and field events
At 11:30 J H. Hunter introduced'
[Walter Regnery, vice-president ami
general manager of Joanna Cotton
Mills, who greeted and welcomed|
jthe huge crowd assembled for the
i celobratioq The invocation was by
1 Rev James B Mitchell, pastor of
j the Baptist Church at Joanna
The morning w as featured by con- [
[tests and field events, beginning at
[‘J 30 Serving of the barbecue at
1130, with the baseball game at
3:30 between the Joanna Hornets,
(and the Dunean Dynamos.
Musical entertainment was given
at three sessions in the 1 morning and}
i afternoon by Roy Aeuff and the:
[Smoky Mountain Boys, performers;
,on the nationally known “Grand Ole
j Opry" program. %
Winners of door prizes were:
Bedroom suite. 4 pieces, Randy
Suber; 11 4 ft Westinghouse Re-
I fngerator. Pearl Moore; Westing-
I house Laundromat. G E Miller;
Barca Lounger Reclining Chair,
i Betty Jean Johnson. 3-piece Webcor
Record Player, Margaret Sue Sum-
} mens; Heirloom Bedspread, Sue
| Boyce; Pair large lamps, Nell Elli-
Ison. 4-piece Revere Ware, Becky
1 Farmer. 54-piece set of china, Ge-
! nell Hazel; 5-piece Plastic Set.
1 Floyd Morris.
Woodson Community Prize Winners
Hawkeye Flash Camera, Jessie
I Lee Mars; Electric Iron, Sally Tur
ner. 115 ft Westinghouse Refrig
erator. Allie Bell Alexander; 7-piece
dinette suite, Elizabeth Adams; 1 pair*
of large lamps, James Edward
Young
Winners of contests and field
events, each of whom received n a
silver dollar, were:
25-yard dash: 5-6 year girls, June
Force; 35-yard dash: 9-10 year'
girls, Jennie Rae Surratt; sib-yard,
dash: 9-10 year boys. Paul Rogers
25-yard dash: 5-6 >T>ar boys. Jack 1
Prater; 50-yard dash: 11-13 ycar^
boys, Wesley Ward; 50-yard dash;
11 13 year girls. Mary Ann Brown;
25-yard dash. 7-8 year girls, Doro
thy Hazel; 35-yard dash: 7-8 year
boys, Douglas Kelly.
, Also 100-yard dash: 15 25 year
boys, Sam Owens; 25-yard sack
race: 25 and up women, Louise
Force; 50-yard dash: 15 and 15 year
hoys, Harold Corley; 75-yard dash:
25 and up men, H. E Fuller;
“Come, To Mama 2 and 3 year
olds. David Sanders; 35-yard sack
race: 25 and up men, J D Frank
lin ^
25-yard sack race: 10 and 12 year
girls: Judy Ann Schumpert; 25-yard
balloon race: 20 and up women, Sy
bil Marshall; 35-yard balloon race:
6 to 12 year girls, Jenny Rae Sur
ratt. 35-yard balloon race. 6 to 9
year boys, Keith Beflenbaugh; 35-
yard 3-legged race: 15 to 25 year
girls, Elsie Gaffney, Joan Flow; 35-
yard 3-legged race. 15 to 25 year
boys, Jim Dobbins, Harold Corley;
35-yard balloon race: S to 12 year
boys, Nat Bates; 35-yard sad$ race:
6 to 9 year boys, Tommy Tinsley.
, Also 33-yard sack race: 10-12 year
boys, Kit Regnery; 35-yard sack
race: 9-13 year girls, Judy Schum
pert, Mary Ann Brown. 35-yard 3-
legged race: 6-9 year boys. John
Henry Lott. Toni Tinsley; 35-yard 3-
tegged race: 9-12 year girls, Donna
Gail CJobb, Carol Sanders; Egg
throwing contest: adults, Louise
Force, Truman Owens; 35-yard 3-i
legged race: 10-12 year boys, Joej
Chalk, M. B. Ward; Apple race:
adults, Harry,and E 11 i e Kelly;
Needle threading contest; Jeanette
Bowers 50-yard boys: all ages,
Joe Chalk; 50-yard girls: all ages,
Brenda Chandler, Major *Cobb.
Woodson Community Winners
“Come To Mama," Reginald
Jones; 50-yard dash. Helen Flem
ing; Apple on head: youth, Benny
Lindsav t F g g Throwing; Wilhel-
mena Suber and Richard Price; 100-
yard dash; I W Conway. 75-yard
dash: L C. Gary; Potato races:
Willie Summers, Jr , Jo Ann Young,
Shirley Rabb; Apple on Head: ad
ults. James Suber. Eugene Mc-
Crackin.
Also 3-legged race: Moses Mc-
Morns. Jr.. Mackhill McMorris,
Erskine Lindsay, Jesse J. Fuller;
Needle Threading: John A. Burton:
Bubble Gum Blowing: Sarah Hig
gins, Sarah McMorris; Shoe Tangle:
John Burton, Ernestine Lindsay;}
Huband Calling: Josie Bonds; Bal
loon Bursting: Roy Suber, Raymond
Suber, Jo Ann Young
Laurens Glass Works
To Expand Facilities
Laurens, Aug. 28—An. expansion
program is now underway at the
Laurens Glass Works involving the
construction of an additional dec
orating plant, Fi D Easterby, presi
dent. announced today.
Mr Easterby said the new unit
would contain 18,000 square feet of
flour space and its completion will
require the hiring of additional em
ployees. He did not reveal the cost
of tne project nor the number «of
new workers that would /be hired.
The decorating department of the
Glass Works is that department in
which labels are put on bottles by
n complicated chemical process.
Mr Easterby said the expansion
was necessary because of the in-
oroased.. demand for applied color
label bottles.
Equipment for the new plant al
ready has been ordered, the presi
dent said, and completion of the
project is expected by the first of
the year
Daniel Construction Company, of
Greenville, is contractor for the job.
Heart Attack Is Fatal
To Walter S. Crouch
' The Rev Walter Samuel Crouch,
44, died Monday in Lyons, Ga., of a
heart attack <
A native of Batesburg, he former
ly lived here for several years. He
had been pastor of the Lyons Pres
byterian Church here for the past
five ye^rs He was also pastor of
churches at Mount Vernon and Mc
Gregor, Ga., at the t i m e of his
death
Mr. Crouch was a Navy veteran
of World War II and a graduate of
Erskine College, Due W'est, and Co
lumbia Theological Seminary, De
catur, Ga. He attended Presbyte
rian College here
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Opal Aughtry Crouch; two sons,
Robert A. Crouch, serving with the
U S. Army in England; and J
Bruce Crouch, of Vidalia, Ga.; one
daughter. Miss Elaine Crouch, of
Lyons; his mother, Mrs. Walter
Dixon Crouch, Batesburg; and one
broHier, Dr, W E. Cruoeh, of Co
lumbia.
Funeral services were held yester
day morning in Lyons Presbyterian
church. Burial will be in Batesburg
Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock.
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Sizes 6 to 14.
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Save On Boys SPORT SHIRTS
99 c
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98
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Blacks, grays, khaki. Sanforized for perfect fit. The
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Men’s New SLACKS for FaU
$398
Gabardines and worsteds. Rayon, acetate, nylon. Man
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59
Scientificallv designed for sleeping comfort. Regular
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